The Merge will enable the blockchain to move from the proof-of-work consensus mechanism, which uses energy-intensive specialised computers to validate transactions and secure the network, to proof-of-stake. — Reuters
One of the leading ethereum software developers said the blockchain network’s much-anticipated technical upgrade known as the Merge will likely be completed a few months after June.
The comment helps to establish a possible timeline for the completion after ethereum passed another major test on Monday. The network’s developers had launched a mainnet shadow fork to stress test the new upcoming software.
